IMPERIA, Italy, Jan 14. CHINA's Yang Yu swam the fastest 200 free of the 2001-02 season as the World Cup Series splashed back into action here this
\nevening.<\/p>\n
The Chinese sprinter, whose pr is 1:55.50 from the Arena Meeting in Berlin two years ago, touched in a world-leading 1:56.05, taking the No. 1 global spot from former Southern Methodist University NCAA Champ Martina Moravcova. A Slovakian Olympian, Moravcova had gone a list-leading 1:56.14 in November. Moravcova also won last month's European Championships.<\/p>\n
Yang's winning time is history's 11th-fastest performance. Her 1:55.50 is third on the all-time performances' list behind world record-holder and
\nOlympic Costa Rican gold medalist Claudia Poll's 1:54.17 and Moravcova's European record 1:55.12.<\/p>\n
Other leading women's performances included Russia's Ekaterina Kibalo's 25.31 50 free win, equaling the 18th-fastest seasonal; and China's Zhan Shu's 28.30 50 back victory, 25th-fastest.<\/p>\n
Another former SMU Mustang from Coach Steve Collins' stable, Denmark's Mette Jacobsen, won the 100 fly (1:00.43) with Russia's Irina Bespalova next(1:00.88). Romania's Beatrice Caslaru, Sydney Olympic silver medalist in the 400 IM, won the 200 (2:12.55).<\/p>\n
Russia's Alexandra Malanina won the 800 free (8:30.28) and teammate Stanislava Komarova the 200 back (2:09.27) to complete the women's first-day events.<\/p>\n
On the men's side, Russia won three races, with Evgeni Alechine taking gold in the 100 back (53.21), Dimitri Kormonikov taking the 200 breast (2:08.34) and Igor Marchenko the 50 fly (23.82).<\/p>\n
Alechine's winning swim is his seasonal pr, eclipsing the 53.29 he swam at Berlin and equals the 21st-fastest global time for 2001-'02. Kormonikov, whose long-course pr is a 2:12.28 that won the European Jr. Championship title three years ago in Moscow, has a 2:07.74 seasonal pr from Berlin. However, that 2:08.34 is still seventh-quickest performance while runner-up Jim Piper (Australia) went a 2:08.66. His pr is 2:08.37 from Paris last February.<\/p>\n
Italy's Olympic gold medalist (200 IM) Massi Rosolino won the 400 free in 3:42.50. His pr is his European Record 3:39.59 that won the gold at Antwerp three weeks ago, and that swim also makes the Italian Stallion the third-fastest performer all-time (eighth-performance).<\/p>\n
Australi'as world-record holder Grant Hackett (3:35.01) and Ian Thorpe (3:35.64) are Nos. 1-2 all-time and between them have the top seven performances too.<\/p>\n
Rosolino, runner-up to Thorpe at Sydney in the 400 free where his time was a European and national record, will have a chance for a rematch in just about
\n10 weeks at the World Short Course Championships in Moscow in early April.<\/p>\n
Brazil's Gustavo Borgess went a seasonl-best and seventh-fastest (yearly) 47.74 to win the 100 free. The former University of Michigan star, the only man ever to win the NCAA 100 yard free four-consecutive seasons ('92-'95) will be after countryman Fernando Scherer's South American-record 47.14 come Moscow.<\/p>\n
Runner-up in the 100 was Russia's Denis Pimakov (48.13). He was 48.04 last year.<\/p>\n
The other two winners were Ukraine's Oleg Lisogor in the 100 IM (54.42) with America's Dr. Ron Karnuagh second (55.42), and Italy's Lorenzo Sirigiu in
\nthe 400 IM (4:13.60).<\/p>\n
Sirigu's time is 18th-fastest performance with teammate Massi Eroli's 4:13.94 that won him the silver good for 19th.<\/p>\n
— Bill Bell<\/p>\n
World Cup VI
\nImperia, Italy
\nDay One: Jan. 14, 2002<\/p>\n
25 meter course<\/p>\n
RESULTS<\/b><\/p>\n
MEN<\/p>\n
100 meter freestyle
\n1. Gustavo Borges, BRA 47.73
\n2. Denis Pimankov, RUS 48.13
\n3. Bart Kizierowski, POL 48.54 <\/p>\n
400 meter freestyle
\n1. Massimiliano Rosolino, ITA 3:42.50
\n2. Denis Rodkin, RUS 3:46.37
\n3. Matteo Pelliciari, ITA 3:46.87 <\/p>\n
100 meter backstroke
\n1. Evgeni Alechine, RUS 53.21
\n2. Ante Maskovic, CRO 53.38
\n3. Min Sung, KOR 53.76 <\/p>\n
200 meter breaststroke
\n1. Dimitri Komornikov, RUS 2:08.34
\n2. Jim Piper, AUS 2:09.56
\n3. Olivier Vincenzetti, ITA 2:09.65 <\/p>\n
50 meter butterfly
\n1. Igor Martchenko, RUS 23.82
\n2. Denys Sylantyev, UKR 24.08
\n3. Anatoli Poliakov, RUS 24.32 <\/p>\n
100 meter individual medley
\n1. Oleg Lisogor, UKR 54.42
\n2. Ron Karnaugh, USA 55.42
\n3. Bart Kizierowski, POL 55.48 <\/p>\n
400 meter individual medley
\n1. Lorenzo Sirigu, ITA 4:13.60
\n2. Massimiliano Eroli, ITA 4:13.94
\n3. Sergey Prokhorov, RUS 4:15.18 <\/p>\n
WOMEN<\/p>\n
50 meter freestyle
\n1. Ekaterina Kibalo, RUS 25.23
\n2. Cristina Chiuso, ITA 25.42
\n3. Lara Consolandi, ITA 25.45 <\/p>\n
200 meter freestyle
\n1. Yang Yu, CHN 1:56.05
\n2. Claudia Poll, CRC 1:56.61
\n3. Mette Jacobsen, DEN 1:59.86 <\/p>\n
800 meter freestyle
\n1. Alexandra Malanina, RUS 8:30.28
\n2. Claudia Poll, CRC 8:32.20
\n3. Simona Ricciardi, ITA 8:36.86 <\/p>\n
50 meter backstroke
\n1. Zhan Shu, CHN 28.30
\n2. Alessandra Cappa, ITA 28.53
\n3. Ji Shim-Min, KOR 28.57 <\/p>\n
200 meter backstroke
\n1. Stanislava Komarova, RUS 2:09.27
\n2. Roberta Ioppi, ITA 2:11.92
\n3. Anya Gostomelsky, ISR 2:12.92 <\/p>\n
100 meter breassttroke
\n1. Luo Xuejuan, CHN 1:06.49
\n2. Brooke Hanson, AUS 1:07.87
\n3. Elena Bogomazova, RUS 1:09.36 <\/p>\n
100 meter butterfly
\n1. Mette Jacobsen, DEN 1:00.43
\n2. Irina Bespalova, RUS 1:00.88
\n3. Petra Zahrl, AUT 1:00.90 <\/p>\n
200 meter individual medley
\n1. Beatrice Caslaru, ROM 2:12.55
\n2. Federica Biscia, ITA 2:14.09
\n3. Vered Borochovski, ISR 2:14.30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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